Mentone, Franklin elementary earn Title I Academic Achievement award

REDLANDS >> Two Redlands Unified School District schools have been named Title I Academic Achievement Award recipients by the California Department of Education.

Mentone and Franklin elementary schools are two of 11 San Bernardino County schools to earn the designation. Winners are chosen after demonstrating that all its students make significant progress toward proficiency on the state’s academic content standards, and the school’s socioeconomically disadvantage students must meet their student performance targets for two consecutive years.

“We are so proud to represent the Redlands Unified School District with this recognition,” she said. “This is just one more honor bestowed upon our students, parents and staff for all their hard work and dedication to student achievement.”

Heidi Vazquez, Franklin’s principal, agreed.

“Franlkin is honored to receive this award. The teachers and the staff here at Franklin have spent countless hours planning, preparing and working with students. This award is a validation toward their commitment to preparing students for the future,” she said.

The Title I Award is the second Mentone Elementary has earned after being named to the California Distinguished Schools list last month.

The new award has created more excitement on the Mentone campus, Balingit said.

“It’s created another exciting school environment,” she added.

Joining Mentone and Franklin on the list of county elementary schools who have earned Title I status include Condor, Friendly Hills, Landers and Morongo Valley from the Morongo Unified School District; Buena Vista Arts-Integrated from the Ontario-Montclair School District; Lake Arrowhead from the Rim of the World Unified School District; Hillside Elementary from the San Bernardino City Unified School District; Cabrillo from Upland Unified; and Congressman Jerry Lewis Elementary from the Silver Valley Unified School District.

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Statewide, 106 schools received the recognition out of nearly 6,000 Title I schools in California, according to the release. Title I is the largest federally funded education program for K-12 students and is designed to improve the academic achievement of disadvantaged students.

To learn more, visit the California Department of Education’s website at cde.ca.gov.